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Professor: Literacy is key to ease poverty |
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Original Source | Statesman Jounal
By Ruth Liao, Saturday February 13, 2010
Understanding the fundamentals of poverty can help community members grasp the importance of promoting literacy among those in need, an Oregon State University professor told a crowd of early childhood teachers, child care providers and community members on Friday morning.
"We explain poverty in this country as something as, 'Well, it's your fault,'" said Leslie Richards, a human development and family sciences professor.
Richards has studied families and poverty, particularly in rural areas, in Oregon for decades.
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School readiness needs to be a priority |
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Original Source | Statesman Journal
Sunday December 27, 2009
Early education should be at top of state, local to-do lists
Educational experts recognize two important factors about children and their readiness to start school:
-Their behavioral skills on Day One of kindergarten may be as important as their ability to repeat the alphabet.
-How well they do in kindergarten may be an indicator to future academic success.
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Tracking children's readiness for school proves complicated |
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Original Source | Statesman Journal
By Ruth Liao, Sunday December 20, 2009
Simon Obery, 4, buries himself in a book at Chemeketa Child Development Center. Increasingly, children are expected to have some measure of reading skills by the time they reach kindergartern. (Danielle Peterson | Statesman Journal)
Getting children prepared for kindergarten is a mutual goal for both early childhood providers and schools.
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Head Start stimulus aids 52 families |
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Original Source | The World
By Jessica Musicar, Monday November 30, 2009
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| Nace Fluke helps his Head Start teacher, KC Missin, read and turn the pages of a book Friday afternoon. World Photo by Lou Sennick. |
Since Mirrandah Wittman's son entered the South Coast Head Start program nearly two years, the 4-year-old has picked up lots of life lessons, including how to get along with others.
A former alumna of Head Start herself, Wittman said she believes her child will gain other advantages from the program to prepare him for kindergarten next year.
"I knew it was place where they would get positive learning experiences and learn everyday things," Wittman said.
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